Bottle-washer.



N.846,269. PATBNTEDMAR.5,1907.

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BOTTLE WASHER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. zo, 1906.

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PATB'NTBD MAR. 5, 1907.

G. K. WATSON. BOTTLE WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1906.

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GARDNER K. WATSON, OF FARREIJL, MISSISSIPPI. BOTTLE-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed september 20.1906. serial No. 335.473.

To all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GARDNER K. WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farrell, in the county of Coahoma, State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention belongs to that kind of bottle washing or cleansing machines in which shot or similar particles of metal are employed with water and agitated, so as to thoroughly cleanse bottles on the inside.

The invention may be embodied in a rotary carrier provided with holes therethrough, into which the necks of the bottles to be Washed are inserted, so that the mouths of one series or row of bottles 'will be directlyT opposed by the mouths of another row or series of bottles in order that the shot and water from each bottle may pass into the mouth of the opposing bottle in the opposite row, the said carrier being equipped with means for holding the bottles in place and adapted to be rotated or rocked, so as to cleanse the bottles interiorly.

The invention is sh own as embodied in t-he means represented in the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, in view of which it will irst be described in detail with respect to its construction and Inode of operation and then be pointed out 'with distinctness and particularity in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bottle-washing machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

Similar iigures of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates the frame of the machine, the bottom portion of which is constructed as a tank 11, adapted to hold water or other liquid and having an intake 12 and an outtake 13, that may be provided with cocks (not shown) for changing the water or other cleansing liquid when such thing may be desirable.

14 designates a rotary carrier that may be composed of wood or other suitable material and which is provided with suitably-spaced holes 16 for the reception of the necks of the bottles, the mouths of which will open inward toward the center of the said rotary carrier. The arrangement of the bottles will be such that the mouths of one row or set will directly oppose the mouths of the other row or set on the other side'of the carrier in order that the shot and water operating in the bottles in one row when said bottles are inverted by the rocking or rotation of the cylinder will fall into the mouths of the opposite row or set that may be practically upright, as shown.

In order to maintain the bottles in place and position in the holes in the carrier, springpressed foot-plates or bars 17 are supportedin the said carrier and arranged to bear upon the bottoms of the bottles. As represented in the drawings, a rod 18 is passed through each end of one foot-plate and through the carrier, the outer end of the rod, which is screw-threaded, projecting beyond the opposite foot-plate and receiving a nut 19 thereon, between which latter device and the lastmentioned foot-plate or bar there is interposed springs 20, that operate to press the bar on the bottom of the bottles, as appears obvious.

The rotary carrier is provided with ournals 21, having suitable bearings in the frame, and the said journals or one of them will be fitted to receive a crank 22, whereby the carrier may be rocked or turned or otherwise operated. It is preferred to rock the carrier about two-thirds of the way around and back, so that the shot and water in the bottles may not be retained therein by centrifugal tendency, but change from one line or row to the other bottles to opposite, particularly at the time when it changes its course of movement. Still, the invention may be operated by the complete rotation, as stated. It is obvious that the bottles may be rinsed in the same machine in which they are washed by emptying them of the cleansing-water and filling them again with clean rinsing-water.

Changes in the form and arrangement of parts and features, it is obvious, may be made within the limits of mechanical skill without departing from the general nature or spirit 0f the invention.

What is claimed is- 1. A bottle-washing machine comprising a rotary carrier having holes formed through said carrier for the reception of the necks of bottles, means for retaining the bottles in IOO IIO

place in the said holes, the latter being arbeing arranged to have the mouths of 'the ranged to have the mouths of the bottles on bottles on one side directly opposed by the one side ofthe carrier directly opposed to the mouths of thebottles on the other side, and a mouths of the bottles on the other side, and crank for operating the carrier.

5 means for operating the carrier. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 2. A bottle-Washing machine comprising a in presence of two Witnesses. carrier having holes formed therethrough for GARDNER K. WATSON. the reception of the necks of the bottles, Witnesses: spring-pressed foot-plates hearing on the botl, J. W. CANNON,

1o toms of the bottles, the holes in the carrier S. M. SMITH. 

